Research Areas
- Epistemic Trust
- Science of Science Communication
- Trust in science
- Public understandig of science
Doctoral Thesis
“Who Said What, and Why?” – How Laypeople Infer the Epistemic Trustworthiness of Experts
- Supervisors
- Doctoral Subject
- Psychologie
- Doctoral Degree
- Dr. rer. nat.
- Awarded by
- Department 07 – Psychology and Sport Studies
CV
Education
- PhD-studies at the research training group 1712/1 "Trust and Communication in a Digitized World" (DFG; German Research Foundation)
- Studies in psychology at University of Münster [Diploma Thesis: Illusions of Knowing: Does searching the Internet ease Illusions of Explanatory Depth or does it foster Sense of Understanding?]
Positions
- Research Assistant in the group of Prof. Dr. Regina Jucks (Social Psychology in Teaching and Education) at the University of Münster
- Research Assistant in the group of Prof. Dr. Rainer Bromme (Educational Psychology)
- Substitute for Coordination of the DFG-Special Priority Programme 1409 "Science and the Public"
- Research associate and scholarship holder in the research training group "Trust and Communication in a Digitized World"
- Student assistant at the Department of Educational Psychology (Prof. Dr. R. Bromme) at the University of Münster
- Student assistant at the Department of Clinical Psychology (Prof. Dr. F. Rist) at University of Münster
Publications
- . . ‘Methodological and Practical Challenges of Interdisciplinary Trust Research.’ In Trust and Communication. Findings and Implications of Trust Research, edited by , 29–57. Springer VDI Verlag. doi: 10.1007/978-3-030-72945-5_2.
- . ‘Does Scientific Uncertainty in News Articles Affect Readers’ Trust and Decision-Making? .’ Media and Communication 2020: 12. doi: 10.17645/mac.v8i2.2824.
- . . ‘Replication Crisis = Trust Crisis? The effect of successful vs. failed replications on laypeople's trust in researchers and research.’ Public Understanding of Science 00. doi: 10.1177/0963662520902383.
- . . ‘Science understanding between scientific literacy and trust: Contributions of psychological and educational research.’ In Handbooks of Communication Science, Vol. 17: Science Communication., edited by , 29–50. doi: 10.1515/9783110255522-002.
- . . ‘How journalists deal with scientific uncertainty and what that means for the audience.’ Contributed to the Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST), Dunedin, New Zealand.
- . „Trendthema Vertrauen? Die Rolle des Vertrauens in der Wissenschaftskommunikation.“ Beitrag präsentiert auf der Summer School des Kiel Science Outreach Center, Kiel, Germany.
- . ‘Does knowlage about research methods help laypoeple to deal with uncertainty in scientific evidence?’ Contributed to the 51. Kongress der DGPs, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
- . . ‘Epistemic Trust: A cornerstone in reasoning and diciding about complex science issues.’ Contributed to the 51. Kongress der DGPs, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
- . „Die Fake News-Problematik und ihre Konsequenzen für die Psychologie - Podiumsdiskussion.“ Beitrag präsentiert auf der 51. Kongress der DGPs, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
Research Articles in Edited Proceedings (Conferences)
- . „Was haben Wissenschaftler von Wissenschaftskommunikation? – Eine Interviewstudie.“ Beitrag präsentiert auf der 10. Forum Wissenschaftskommunikation, Braunschweig, Deutschland.
- . „Der Einfluss des Wissenschaftsverständnisses auf die Bewertung unterschiedlicher Qualitäten der Evidenz von wissenschaftlichen Aussagen.“ Beitrag präsentiert auf der Fachtagung für Entwicklungs- und Pädagogische Psychologie der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs), Münster, Deutschland.
- . ‘How Scientific Literacy Benefits Laypeople’s Persuasiveness Judgments About Scientific Evidence.’ Contributed to the 7th Biennal Conference of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction, Tampere, Finland.
- . ‘Dealing with Health Information: Evaluation of Scientific Evidence and Expert Sources (Symposium organized).’ Contributed to the 7th Biennal Conference of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction, Tampere, Finland.
- . „Können Replikationen die Glaubwürdigkeit von Forschungsergebnissen und die Vertrauenswürdigkeit von Forschern beeinflussen?“ Beitrag präsentiert auf der 1. Jahrestagung der Fachgruppe „Wissenschaftskommunikation“ der DGPuK, Landau, Deutschland.
- . ‘Trust in science as an interpersonal matter: Effects of pragmatic expectations.’ Contributed to the The research workshop of the Israel Science Foundation "Public Engagement with Science Online", Technion, Haifa, Israel.
Abstracts in Digital Collections (Conferences)
- ‘Knowledge of and about science benefits people’s shallow evidence evaluation.’ contributed to the The research workshop of the Israel Science Foundation "Public Engagement with Science Online", Technion, Haifa, Israel, .
Research Articles (Journals)
- . ‘Disclose your flaws! Admission positively affects the perceived trustworthiness of an expert science blogger.’ Studies in Communication Sciences 16, No. 2: 124–131. doi: 10.1016/j.scoms.2016.10.003.
- . ‘Evoking vigilance: Would you (dis)trust a scientist who discusses ethical implications of research in a science blog?’ Public Understanding of Science 25, No. 8: 992–1008. doi: 10.1177/0963662516646048.
Research Articles in Edited Proceedings (Conferences)
- . ‘Replications matter! The effect of replications on laypersons' trust in researchers and in their research.’ Contributed to the 50. Congress of the German Psychological Society (DGPs), Leipzig, Germany.
- . „Laypeople’s inferences about a science blogger’s trustworthiness: Two experimental studies.“ Beitrag präsentiert auf der 14th Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST) Conference, Instanbul, Turkey.
- . ‘The effect of ethical concerns on source evaluation and argumentation about a socio-scientific issue.’ Contributed to the The 5th Biennial Meeting of the EARLI Special Interest Group 13 Moral & Democratic Education, Salzburg, Austria.
Research Article (Book Contributions)
- . ‘Trust in Science and the Science of Trust.’ In Trust and Communication in a Digitalized World. Models and Concepts of Trust Research, edited by , 143–159.
Research Articles (Journals)
- . ‘Measuring laypeople's trust in experts in a digital age: The Muenster Epistemic Trustworthiness Inventory (METI).’ PloS one 10, No. 10: e0139309. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0139309.
Research Articles in Edited Proceedings (Conferences)
- . ‘Differences in students’ trustworthiness assessments of a science blogger depending on the source of a disclosure of ethical concerns.’ Contributed to the The 9th Conference of the Media Psychology Division (German Psychological Society, DGPs), Tübingen, Deutschland.
- . ‘How Web 2.0 influences public understanding of science: Laypeople’s ways of dealing with, deciding on and engaging in science issues in digital media (Symposium organized).’ Contributed to the The 9th Conference of the Media Psychology Division (German Psychological Society, DGPs), Tübingen, Deutschland.
- . ‘The effect of ethical concerns on source evaluation and argumentation about a socio-scientific issue.’ Contributed to the The 16th Biennal Conference of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction, Limassol, Cyprus.
- . ‘Deciding what might be true: Reasoning about the content or about the source of an argument.’ Contributed to the The 16th Biennal Conference of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction, Limassol, Cyprus.
- . ‘Non-mediated science communication: Science blogs and their impact on trust in scientists.’ Contributed to the international workshop “Innovations and Advances in Survey-Based Research on Public Attitudes towards Science”, Castle Rauischholzhausen, Deutschland.
- . ‘Ethical Arguments in science blogging: their effects on perceived expert trustworthiness and decisions about a socio-scientific issue.’ Contributed to the Workshop "Motivated Science Reception" of the DFG Priority Program “Science and the General Public”, Annweiler, Deutschland.
Research Article (Book Contributions)
- . „Vertrauenswürdigkeit ohne Vertrauen? Wie die Kommunikation wissenschaftlicher Unsicherheiten die Bewertungen und Entscheidungen von Rezipienten beeinflusst.“ In Wissenschaftskommunikation im Wandel, herausgegeben von , 340–364. Köln: Herbert von Halem Verlag.
Research Articles in Edited Proceedings (Conferences)
- . „Vertrauensurteile in der Wissenschaftsrezeption: Die Messung von Vertrauen in Experten im Online-Kontext.“ Beitrag präsentiert auf der 49. Kongress der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs), Bochum, Deutschland.
- . ‘Who has said it and why? Laypersons' reasoning about experts' arguments in science blogs.’ Contributed to the Workshop "Arguing about scientific information" of the DFG Priority Program “Science and the General Public”, Münster, Deutschland.
- . ‘Ethical Arguments in science blogging: their effects on expert trustworthiness and ability to make decisions about the topic.’ Contributed to the 4th Biennial Meeting of the EARLI Special Interest Group 13 Moral & Democratic Education, Verona, Italy.
- . „Die Wirkung wissenschaftlicher Unsicherheiten auf Bewertungen und Entscheidungen der Rezipienten. Ein Online-Experiment am Beispiel von Gesundheitsinformationen im Internet.“ Beitrag präsentiert auf der 1. Jahrestagung der Ad-Hoc-Gruppe "Wissenschaftskommunikation" der DGPuK, Zürich, Schweiz.
- . „Vertrauenswürdigkeit ohne Vertrauen – wie die Kommunikation wissenschaftlicher Unsicherheiten in Online-Gesundheitsinformationen die Bewertungen und Entscheidungen der Rezipienten beeinflusst.“ Beitrag präsentiert auf der 2. Jahrestagung der Ad-Hoc-Gruppe "Gesundheitskommunikation" der DGPuK, Mainz, Deutschland.
Abstracts in Digital Collections (Conferences)
- ‘Dimensionen von Vertrauen in wissenschaftliche Autoren und ihre Implikationen für weitere Informationssuche.’ präsentiert auf der Tagung der Gesellschaft für empirische Bildungsforschung (GEBF), Frankfurt, .
- . „Die Glaubwürdigkeit wissenschaftlicher Autoren Online: Wie wirkt selbstoffenbarte Fragilität der Ergebnisse gegenüber extern geäußerter Kritik?“ Beitrag präsentiert auf der 14. Fachtagung Pädagogische Psychologie der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs), Hildesheim, Deutschland.
- . „Der Einfluss von Selbstlimitationen auf das Vertrauen in die Autoren wissenschaftlicher Informationen: eine Untersuchung am Beispiel von Wissenschaftsblogs.“ Beitrag präsentiert auf der 14. Fachtagung Sozialpsychologie der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Psychologie (DGPs), Hagen, Deutschland.
Scientific Talks
- Kienhues, D.; Hendriks, F.; Jucks, R.; Bromme, R. (): ‘Strategies in Dealing with Science-Based Information’. 18th Conference of the European Association for Research on Learning and Instruction (EARLI), Aachen, Germany., .
- Hendriks, F., Niederhoff, D., Kienhues, D., Bromme, R. (): ‘Scientists’ views on their own engagement in science communication and outreach activities’. Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST) Conference, , Dunedin, New Zealand, .
- Hendriks, Frederike; Niederhoff, Doris; Kienhues, Dorothe; Bromme, Rainer (): ‘Scientists’ views on their own engagement in science communication and outreach activities’. Paper presented at the 15th Public Communication of Science and Technology (PCST) Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand, .
- Mayweg-Paus, E., F. Hendriks & Jucks, R., (): „Der Einfluss von Kommunikationsstil und Voreinstellung auf die Verarbeitung widersprüchlicher Befunde in Expertendiskussionen“. 6.Tagung der GEBF, Basel Schweiz, .
Dr. Friederike Hendriks, Dipl.-Psych.
